TEACHING & LEARNING PRACTICUM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Deliver library instruction sessions individually and as a member of a team. Audience: Graduate 2. Contribute to the teaching program of the host libraries and wider UW Libraries teaching and learning program. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop strategies to discover and understand the user education needs of a given population. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply instructional design principles to develop learning objectives aligned with student needs, activities to meet those objectives, and methods to evaluate student learning. Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize and describe skills valuable in teaching scenarios, especially those skills unique to teaching and learning in academic library settings. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify and discuss current topics relevant to information literacy and teaching in academic library settings. Audience: Graduate 7. Understand the process of reflective practice and continuous improvement of teaching and learning. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Deliver library instruction sessions individually and as a member of a team. Audience: Graduate 2. Contribute to the teaching program of the host libraries and wider UW Libraries teaching and learning program. Audience: Graduate 3. Develop strategies to discover and understand the user education needs of a given population. Audience: Graduate 4. Apply instructional design principles to develop learning objectives aligned with student needs, activities to meet those objectives, and methods to evaluate student learning. Audience: Graduate 5. Recognize and describe skills valuable in teaching scenarios, especially those skills unique to teaching and learning in academic library settings. Audience: Graduate 6. Identify and discuss current topics relevant to information literacy and teaching in academic library settings. Audience: Graduate 7. Understand the process of reflective practice and continuous improvement of teaching and learning. Audience: Graduate